Events Calendar
Explore family friendly events, theatres, galleries, concerts, nightlife, things to do, and more in the Greenville, SC and Upstate areas.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
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Open to incoming 9th-12th graders.
2024 High School STEM Camp
July 8th – 12th
Please complete form by June 15th
Blue Moon Specialty Food’s Annual Tomato Plant Sale has begun! Visit us at Blue Moon Downtown to pickup heirloom tomato plants grown by Wishbone – they’re just $5 each! Available while supplies last. Previous year’s favorites include Jolene, Chef’s Choice, Cherokee Purple, Black Cherry & Mortgage Lifter tomatoes!
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Blue Moon Specialty Food’s Annual Tomato Plant Sale has begun! Visit us at Blue Moon Downtown to pickup heirloom tomato plants grown by Wishbone – they’re just $5 each! Available while supplies last. Previous year’s favorites include Jolene, Chef’s Choice, Cherokee Purple, Black Cherry & Mortgage Lifter tomatoes!
Art by Appointment with GCCA Art School Instructors
TUESDAY – FRIDAY 9 AM – 5 PM
SATURDAY 11 AM – 3 PM
MEDIUMS
Art by Appointment workshops offer a variety of mediums for exploration.
Drawing
Unlock the gateway to artistic expression through the fundamental skill of drawing! GCCA’s drawing instructors will lead you through the basics of shading and perspective and more!
Painting
Acrylics and watercolor and more! Grab a paintbrush and join GCCA’s instructors for a private step-by-step art experience!
Mixed Media
What happens when you combine multiple artistic mediums into one project? Follow GCCA’s instructors in an exploration of all visual mediums in this engaging workshop!
Jewelry
Wear your own creation! Step into GCCA’s state-of-the-art jewelry studio and try your hand at jewelry making!
Printmaking
Jump into this layered visual art medium and learn to create your own prints! GCCA’s instructors will lead you step by step through this engaging art form in the printmaking studio at GCCA!
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Plant Clinic is returning to the WNC Herb Festival after a Covid hiatus of 4 years. This is always a lively and popular event for gardeners and EMG volunteers.
Plant Clinic is returning to the WNC Herb Festival after a Covid hiatus of 4 years. This is always a lively and popular event for gardeners and EMG volunteers.
Our table will be located at the entrance hall to the Davis Event Center at the Ag Center. The Ag Center is located across the highway from the Asheville Airport. A link to an Ag Center map and directions can be found at
Just bring your enthusiasm, curiosity and questions. Extension Master Gardeners will be
Blue Moon Specialty Food’s Annual Tomato Plant Sale has begun! Visit us at Blue Moon Downtown to pickup heirloom tomato plants grown by Wishbone – they’re just $5 each! Available while supplies last. Previous year’s favorites include Jolene, Chef’s Choice, Cherokee Purple, Black Cherry & Mortgage Lifter tomatoes!
Mountain Science Expo 2024
Join us for a free STEM-oriented science festival where you can interact with scientists, explore nature, and grow your curiosity!
The Mountain Science Expo is a part of the larger NC Science Festival, a state-wide and month-long event dedicated to celebrating the impact of science educationally, culturally, and economically on our state. The NC Science Festival and the Mountain Science Expo hope to inspire children to pursue—and adults to support—the sciences, such that North Carolina can lead the country and the world as a place of innovation and learning. This year’s theme, in fact, is “State of Innovation,” highlighting how science is being driven forward within North Carolina.
Exhibitors
Through the Mountain Science Expo, we aim to support STEM education by providing an opportunity for all ages to interact with scientists and science educators in a hands-on and wonder-filled environment. Participating exhibitors include:
- ecoEXPLORE
- Project Explore
- The National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI)
- The North Carolina Department of Air Quality (NCDAQ)
- The WNC Nature Center
- UNCA STEAM Labs
- The Highlands Biological Foundation
- The Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS)
- The Cradle of Forestry
- And more!
Native Azalea Day
Participants in the 2024 Mountain Science Expo will also have the opportunity to visit the North Carolina Arboretum’s Azalea Collections for a special Native Azalea Day event. This event will feature additional exhibitors, including local horticultural organizations, artists, and ecoEXPLORE educators. The Azalea Collections are remote and normally only accessible by trail. Access to them for the event will be eased via ADA accessible vans.
Golden Tickets
Kids can get special Golden Tickets! Simply check out a science book from your local library, and you’ll receive a Golden Ticket good for free parking the day of the event.
There is no additional cost to attend Mountain Science Expo beyond our standard parking fee. As always, Arboretum Society members and their accompanying guests can enter for FREE (guests must be in member vehicles to receive free entry).
Native Azalea Day
April 27, 2024
Visit the gardens this spring for Native Azalea Day, an invitation to celebrate and experience azaleas through the eyes of plant enthusiasts, botanists, and artists. In partnership with the Mountain Science Exposition, Native Azalea Day plans to bring even more excitement in its second year! For one day only, visitors can observe as plein air artists capture the scene in paint and pen, learn about the garden and its collection on a walking tour, and participate in hands-on activities for children and adults.
A shuttle to the Collection will be available between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., departing to and from the Baker Visitor Center throughout the event. Visitors are also welcome to walk to the Native Azalea Collection from the Gatehouse Parking Lot using Old Mill Road to Bent Creek Road, or can park at the Baker Visitor Center and walk down Running Cedar Road to Bent Creek Road. Walkers should be prepared to travel one mile over unpaved roads and paths.
All activities, unless otherwise noted, are included with general admission fees.
| Time | Event / Activity | Notes |
| 10:00 AM | Event begins | |
| 10:00 AM | Shuttle service begins | |
| 10:30 AM | Walking tour with Carson Ellis, Curator of the National Native Azalea Collection | Pre-registration required; limited to 12 participants |
| 12:00 AM | Cyanotype demonstration by Callisa Lawn | |
| 12:30 PM | Walking tour with volunteer docent | Pre-registration required; limited to 12 participants |
| 2:30 PM | Walking tour with volunteer docent | Pre-registration required; limited to 12 participants |
| 3:00 PM | Shuttle service ends, last shuttle departs Native Azalea Collection
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Art by Appointment with GCCA Art School Instructors
TUESDAY – FRIDAY 9 AM – 5 PM
SATURDAY 11 AM – 3 PM
MEDIUMS
Art by Appointment workshops offer a variety of mediums for exploration.
Drawing
Unlock the gateway to artistic expression through the fundamental skill of drawing! GCCA’s drawing instructors will lead you through the basics of shading and perspective and more!
Painting
Acrylics and watercolor and more! Grab a paintbrush and join GCCA’s instructors for a private step-by-step art experience!
Mixed Media
What happens when you combine multiple artistic mediums into one project? Follow GCCA’s instructors in an exploration of all visual mediums in this engaging workshop!
Jewelry
Wear your own creation! Step into GCCA’s state-of-the-art jewelry studio and try your hand at jewelry making!
Printmaking
Jump into this layered visual art medium and learn to create your own prints! GCCA’s instructors will lead you step by step through this engaging art form in the printmaking studio at GCCA!
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Open to incoming 9th-12th graders.
2024 High School STEM Camp
July 8th – 12th
Please complete form by June 15th
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Blue Moon Specialty Food’s Annual Tomato Plant Sale has begun! Visit us at Blue Moon Downtown to pickup heirloom tomato plants grown by Wishbone – they’re just $5 each! Available while supplies last. Previous year’s favorites include Jolene, Chef’s Choice, Cherokee Purple, Black Cherry & Mortgage Lifter tomatoes!
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